Projects
Overview of Projects
Project A1 Förster:
The circadian clock network of selected insect
Project A2 Senthilan/Förster:
Role of photoreceptors in synchronising Drosophila’s clock to natural conditions
Project A3 Nagel/Rieger:
Optophysiological analysis of the clock network of D. melanogaster: Manipulating neuronal excitability and cAMP levels of individual clock neurons
Project A4 Fekete/Müller:
Functional impact of clock genes on circadian timing of metabolism: a metabolomics approach
Project A5 Kittel/Langenhan:
Circadian plasticity at synapses of Drosophila melanogaster
Project A6 Raabe:
Cooperative and distinct functions of the protein kinases CK2 and RSK in regulation of the circadian clock and synaptic plasticity of Drosophila
Project B1 Gallant:
The coordination of growth and developmental timing
Project B2 Wegener:
Timing of peptide-orchestrated eclosion behaviour in the fruit fly Drosophila
Project B3 Spaethe:
Developmental timing mechanisms during the formation of the compound eye in the honeybee worker, queen and drone
Project B4 Heisenberg:
In search of time-specific memories in Drosophila
Project B5 Groh:
Timing of behavioural transitions and sensory preferences in Camponotus ants
Project B6 Rössler/Wehner:
Neuronal basis of orientation in time and space in Cataglyphis ants
Project C1 Roces:
Timing decisions in ant colonies: information management, social synchronization, and the determinants of task-related circadian patterns
Project C2 Steffan-Dewenter/Härtel:
Timing of colony phenology and foraging activity in honeybees
Project C3 Krauss:
Timing and phenology shifts in interacting plant – herbivore – predator systems
Project C4 Holzschuh:
Timing in plant-pollinator interactions
Project C5 Rieger:
The impact of Drosophila’s endogenous clock on fitness: Influence of light (day length), temperature and nutrition
Project C6 Poethke/Hovestadt:
The evolutionary value of timing and timing precision in insect phenology
Project Z:
Central administration and project coordination of the collaborative research centres
